Riding a horse and hurriedly running to the charcoal pit, Xiao Ye saw more than a dozen strong hunters in Jiming Village, stepping on the black and thick stagnant water under their feet, in a huge pit one zhang deep, holding pickaxes and iron rods, rummaging around the surrounding soil layers.

On the two horse-drawn carts on the side of the road, less than half a cart of charcoal, messy baskets and sticks on the ground, and the old and young people of Jiming Village gathered around the outer edge of the big pit.

Jiming Village, which has already contracted the mining and transportation of coal, relies on this pit that is more than ten zhang wide, no one would have imagined that God made such a big joke, and he wanted to cut off their way of life.

When the hard stones were exposed at the bottom of the pit, the surrounding soil layer was also discovered, except for the lower part of the west side of the pit, there was a layer of carboniferous two feet thick and three feet wide, and the rest of the digging was either gravel and sand, or large stones that clattered.

There is a deep carboniferous layer from the ground, and with such a small amount of coal, it takes a lot of money to dig up the soil layer above, but how much can be dug out like this, and what to do if it collapses.

Looking at the son and husband who had lost their tools in the pit, they looked around in a daze, and the women, children, and old people standing on it, holding their children and weeping silently, fifty or so people, except for ten boys who went to the hunter team, what should the others do.

The monthly salary of the martial arts is not enough to feed these mouths, not to mention that the families of each family are willing to pay back after a long time.

Xiao Ye looked at this charcoal pit that gave him great hopes, his face was pale, the stone mill no longer rotated, even the horse didn't work, and it was drying under the sun? The roof of the mill has been built, how can you explain that it has been removed?

What's more, the development of the stone castle to the present, it is not possible to solve the problem by the sun at all, he needs too many things.

Xiao Ye could imagine that if he couldn't get the enough goods that made the Tian and Huang families excited, they could do it in one month and two months, but in half a year, a very small number of goods would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the two families, and once Shi Guantun was restricted from buying food and materials with cash, collapse was imminent.

is fighting desperately with the Tartars on the steppe, how can he fight with the overwhelming Tartar cavalry by relying on scimitars and horned bows?

At that time, it will only be Jiang Jie who is looking for trouble for himself, not only will no one help, but I am afraid that there will also be the shadow of the Huangtian family.

Therefore, Tian Xiuxiu begged softly again and again with tears in her eyes, even Mei'er had no opinion, he didn't dare to accept a smart-minded concubine, let alone a flat wife. What I had feared earlier finally happened.

On the edge of the coal pit, he stood in a daze for a long time, and Xiao Ye, who was confused, heard the sound of staggering footsteps behind him, and then woke up; After a moment of silence, Xiao Ye raised his head and looked around at these hunters, "Fellow villagers in Jiming Village, the production of the charcoal pit is unbearable, and the official has seen it,"

"This winter, you rely on your own hands to earn a sweat money, and the official also knows, now that you have been met by the official, whether you live or die, my Ximen Shidao will not do it,"

Not to mention these bitter hunters, who work hard every day, and have black hands and faces all day long, Xiao Ye sighs with emotion, even for the sake of the hunter team, he can't let Shangwu and them chill their hearts.

Once people's hearts are scattered, it is even more difficult to think about them.

"There, there are endless stones to be excavated, you can go to the quarry and transport the stones to the mill, and the plaster depends on those stones," Xiao Ye raised his hand and pointed to the quarry behind him, "The official promises that the transportation wages will remain the same, and you can settle with the royal officials every day,"

In any case, the stone mill has to be turned.

When the words landed, Shang Shetian, the chief of the security department behind Xiao Ye, and Shang Wen, who was thin and tall, knelt at the feet of the hundred households, "My lord, you are the benefactor of our Jiming Village,"

Hulala, whether it is in the big pit, at the edge of the big pit, the men, women and children of Jiming Village knelt at Xiao Ye's feet, shouting benefactors; If they go back to those cold days, they will even have the heart to die.

It's easy to get into luxury and it's easy to get back, even if that's the case, the hunters in Jiming Village, who have already had a relaxed life, no one is willing to guard the wilderness and woodland, and the prey that is robbed of their livelihood by the official master.

Digging charcoal and transporting charcoal, in exchange for rations and silver money, and then go to the shop to buy some cloth needlework, buy some ale wine to have a good time, a hundred households are happy and there are all kinds of rewards, this kind of full days, after a winter, the hunters have become accustomed to it.

"Get up, you haven't got your rations today, the royal secretary won't owe money for the grain on credit, the quarry needs manpower," Xiao Yeqiang smiled and waved his hand, turned around and pulled up Shang Shetian, "Shang Baochang, you are old, you don't have to kneel when you see this official in the future, you must remember,"

"Remember, remember," Shang Shetian nodded again and again, "Thank you to the hundred households for giving the old and young people in Jiming Village a way to live,"

"No, you should get it, the official will not be stingy," Xiao Ye sighed lightly, "The output of the charcoal pit has decreased sharply, and the chief of the security department has arranged a few people to dig carefully, but the tunli relies on the charcoal for heating and cooking,"

When he returned to the Baihu Office, Xiao Ye, who was frowning, happened to see a group of children, under the leadership of Han Juan, carrying a basket of vines and flowers, and was pestering a guard to ask for copper coins; Now that there are no pits to pick, the children pick a lot of flowers and try to fool them around.

The guards with a wry smile on their faces, when they saw that Baihu was back, pointed at Xiao Ye as if they had been amnestied, "Yes, if the Lord of Baihu agrees, one basket will be exchanged for one eldest son, and I will speak my word,"

Bang on the ground, although they were dissatisfied with the exchange ratio, the greedy children still followed Han Juan to surround Xiao Ye, and shouted that the adults of the hundred households were good.

"Big brother, look at how beautiful this flower is, it must be useful in a hundred households, you can let the sixth brother change it," Han Juan, who had already become the head of the child, was naturally the first to speak, and pulled Xiao Ye's arm and didn't let go.

Her prestige in the hearts of these children is all obtained by exchanging those kernels for money, and now if these small flowers can also be exchanged for copper coins, less is also money, and the big guy will listen to her even more.

Xiao Ye, who was scratching his head for Shi Tan, didn't want to think about it, and pointed to the stupid little sixth son behind him, "Look for him, if he agrees, I have no opinion on the eldest brother, "The number of ways that your little sixth son provoked, you should solve it, the matter of the kernel has already rewarded him with five taels of silver."

The coal pile outside the mill looks like there are about 6,000 catties, and today's two carts of charcoal, even if they are full, they have to be handed over to the tunli for storage, which is not to be counted on.

Looking at the swarthy and shiny stone on the stone table, Xiao Ye secretly pondered.

During dinner in the afternoon, Mei'er was in the yard and found several large bags of flowers, fragrant, and the caring Hanjuan actually divided these flowers into categories, one bag for each color, and Xiao Liuzi was still in the corner at will.

"Husband, what do you want those flowers for?" The curious Mei'er served Xiao Ye a meal and asked with a chuckle; Needless to say, Han Juan must have knocked some copper plates from Xiao Liuzi.

"It's not Han Juan's ghost, I've been with a bunch of crazy girls all day long, and you don't care if you're a sister-in-law," Xiao Ye took the stone away and got up to wash his hands.

"Hanjuan is smart when she studies in a private school, and even her father keeps boasting, running and jumping to be lively," Mei'er stood aside with a smile, waited for Xiao Ye to wash her hands, and handed over the wooden chopsticks.

After the meal, Mei'er went to Wang Dali's place to reconcile the accounts, Xiao Ye drank tea and read the book of soldiers, and saw that it was dark, so he picked up the surprisingly heavy stone and called Xiao Liuzi.

No nonsense, pointing to the pile of bags in the yard, Xiao Ye turned around and walked out of the small courtyard, Xiao Liuzi hurriedly recruited two guards, carried the bags down on the wheelbarrow, and walked towards the mill.

Six thousand catties of charcoal, tens of thousands of catties of earthy yellow iron ore, and finely sifted white sand, under Xiao Ye's supervision, the guards smoothly poured into the grinding eyes.

Today, fifty catties of copper and ten taels of mercury were owed on credit from the Tian family's shop, plus these dead stones, Xiao Ye threw them into the grinding eyes without hesitation.

As for those big bags of flowers, Xiao Ye thought about it, and let Xiao Liuzi send them into the grinding eye. Now that the stone grinds out the "secret" of yellow plaster, the guards know it to some extent, and Xiao Ye doesn't care.

It is difficult to block the mouth, although there is a secret military order, but the ingredients of the yellow mortar ground out of the stone still let the military households guess it, as for the so-called Persian source, hehe, Xiao Ye does not look at this fate as ordinarily tight.

Among the shining patterns, the two newly added patterns finally made Xiao Ye feel a little more energetic, and he was hit a little hard by today's bad news.

"Pocket watch," "Perfume," In the lower right corner of the four block letters, there is a second character respectively, Xiao Ye did not have a pity for two chances, and quickly pressed the button on the grinding plate.

The box at the bottom of the stone platform slipped out, and Xiao Ye took out two pocket watches with long thin copper chains, as well as two small iron cylinders.

Under the round and translucent crystal case, the long and short thin hands make Xiao Ye love to play, but the "perfume" in the small iron cylinder is a little pungent.

After putting away the pocket watch, Xiao Ye took two small iron cylinders, saw that the pattern disappeared again, and returned home to continue to read by the lamp.

An hour later, Mei'er also returned home with the account book, and when she saw the two delicate small iron cylinders on Xiao Ye's desk, she picked up one at random, unscrewed the small cover on it, and suddenly screamed in surprise.

"I haven't seen it, this is a good thing, you women's rouge gouache, how can this perfume smell good," Xiao Ye raised his eyes, swept Mei'er, and the corners of his mouth skimmed.

"What is perfume?" Ignoring her husband's teasing, Mer instinctively dipped her finger in some perfume and carefully applied it to her wrist; In the small hall, a faint fragrance suddenly permeated.

Sure enough, the strong fragrance was too much, and it smelled pungent and unpleasant, Xiao Ye looked at the surprised Mei'er and secretly wondered.

"It's about the same as rouge gouache, it's just a title," Xiao Ye's eyes swept over the small tube in Mei'er's hand, this delicate tube estimated to contain half a catty of perfume, in the dim light, the faint concave and convex dark lines on the side, turned out to be a blooming peony.

"The workmanship is fine," he praised slightly, Xiao Ye's eyes looked at the book again, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.

In the other small tube, there is a slightly mellow fragrance, although Mei'er doesn't like it, but compared to the rouge in the shop, she is even more reluctant to let go.

After taking a bath in the inner room, Mei'er, who was fragrant on her body, was soon closed by Xiao Ye, who couldn't sit still, and closed the door and pulled the kang on; The whispered chant rang intermittently in the room for a long time.

In the early morning, the warm sun is sprinkled, and the refreshed Xiao night, after breakfast, practice knives and read books; In the morning at the 100 households, in the afternoon out to patrol, the sergeant's drill has a regularity, and he doesn't have to worry too much.

The things in the tun are taken care of by Wang Dali and supported by Mei'er, and there is no need to take care of it.

In the afternoon, Xiao Ye, who was playing with his pocket watch in the small courtyard, was pondering the price of this thing, whether he went to Tian Fangjun to inquire, when the herald on the fort wall ran into the small courtyard, "Baihu, in the direction of the gravel fort, there is a team of officers and soldiers coming, it is a detour to the eastern hill, and there is still half an hour to go down the mountain,"

With the scout of the whistle, the stone castle could be informed from a distance under the mountain, Xiao Ye did not dare to slack off, gathered the personal guard team, put on hundreds of robes, jackets and chest armor, carried waist knives, and rode down the mountain from the quarry.

The trail down the mountain at the gate of the tun was unfortunately flooded by vine grass, and no matter how much it was cleaned, it could not stop the crazy stinger, and it was narrow and difficult to walk, so it was abandoned.

The training ground was empty, and the two teams of sergeants who had practiced firecrackers today went far away to the mountain valley to the west, where the sound of firecrackers could not be heard.

On the quarry, the hunters of Jiming Village, and more than a dozen craftsmen and sergeants, saw Baihu riding a war horse passing by, and greeted loudly, Xiao Ye smiled and waved his hand, and hurriedly went to the foot of the mountain.

The newly appointed Qianhu Wang Chongli, with his deputy Qianhetian Guanglin and 20 personal guards, under the guidance of Luo Yufei of Baihu, had already set off for Shiguantun yesterday and rested in the fire pier at night.

Hurrying in the early morning, I didn't expect that just after the beacon pier, there was a guard of the war horse, and the horse's legs were scratched with some grass thorns, and after a while, they fell to the ground.

The successive war horse accidents made the horse team that went straight had to make a detour, and Baihu Luo Yufei, the head snake, successfully caused the two Qianhu to complain, and he also scratched his head depressedly.

At the foot of Shishan Mountain, Xiao Ye took more than a dozen personal guards, and saw Luo Yufei accompanying two officers in thousands of official robes, and hurriedly bowed his hand, "Shiguantun Hundred Households West Gate Xiao Ye, welcome the Lord of Thousand Households, the armor is inconvenient to salute, forgive the sins,"

"Greetings to Lord Qianhu," the guards who knelt on the ground behind them, under the leadership of Xiao Liuzi, shouted loudly, the muzzle of the fire gun on their shoulders was downward, but the projectile was already loaded.

"Stepping" The war horse walked over steadily, stopping ten steps away from Xiao Ye, "Hahahaha," With a hearty laugh, King Chongli of the Thousand Households twisted his body and jumped off the horse, threw the reins to the guards, and strode towards Xiao Ye.

Behind him, the deputy Qianhe Tian Guanglin and Baihu Luo Yufei, like Qianhu's personal guards, also hurriedly dismounted and followed behind Wang Chongli's feet.

"Ximen Baihu, this official has heard of your name for a long time," Wang Chongli, who walked closer, paused slightly, and waved his hand with a smile, "Get up, the yin tide on the ground, let's stand and talk,"

If it weren't for the fear of losing etiquette and giving Tian Guanglin a chance to find a handle, Wang Chongli would have stepped forward to pull Xiao Ye closer, he hadn't gained a firm foothold in the Gravel Fort yet, and he had to be careful.

For Xiao Ye not kneeling down according to the rules, he still doesn't care very much, and the thing he cares about is not this trivial matter.

"Lord Xie Qianhu," Xiao Ye bowed his hand again, and then straightened his waist, and the two bows and one bow of the Ming military regulations, although he was reluctant, he didn't dare to violate the rules, so he could only find an excuse to circumvent it once, and he couldn't adapt to the etiquette that his father-in-law repeatedly explained.

As soon as he stood up straight, the guards behind him also cheered up, scattered in formation, and faintly surrounded Xiao Ye's left and right; This was almost an instinctive action, Wang Chongli and Luo Yufei didn't pay attention, but Tian Guanglin, who was silent, had a gleam in his eyes.

"Ximen Baihu, here is your personal guard, why don't you see those sergeants," Wang Chongli, who had a kind face, looked left and right after greeting Xiao Ye, and asked pretending to be surprised.

"Go back to the Thousand Households, the Hundred Households did not receive a notice in advance, and forgive the Lord," Xiao Ye hurriedly bowed down and said, "There are two teams of sergeants on the other side of the canyon in shifts, monitoring and guarding the Tartars, one team of sergeants patrolling outside, and the other two teams of sergeants are practicing firearms fifteen miles to the west, and they can't be assembled in a hurry,"

Xiao Ye's respectful reply made Wang Chongli feel good, from Luo Yufei's mouth, he had already learned that the five small flags were all transferred by craftsmen, and the other five small flags could be so complete, compared with the other hundred households, the hundred households in Ximen had already done their best.

Shiguantun's conditions, he inquired clearly before taking office, this young hereditary hundred households, is a stubborn donkey, eating soft and not hard raw melon eggs. However, Wang Chongli still admires the hundreds of households who can fight face to face with the Tartars.

At least, it is much stronger than those hundred households who only know how to drive out military households to farm.

Although he looked at these dozen or so guards, so did his guards, let's take a look and talk about it, Wang Chongli, who had made up his mind, got on his horse and made a detour to the mountain at Xiao Ye's respectful request.

"Ximen Baihu, you are too full of poisonous weeds here, and several of the war horses of the official's personal guards have fallen, if you can't ease up, the official will have to go back halfway," On the way up the mountain, Wang Chongli said something inadvertently, Xiao Ye's head was sweaty, and he didn't dare to speak.

But this kind of rattan grass that seems to be barren grass, no one could have imagined that it was planted from his Xiao Ye's hands, and Xiao Ye secretly made up his mind early that he would not reveal that he did it.

Xiao Liuzi was quick-witted, and sent a capable guard to take a step forward and greet those who had fought along the way; A group of thousands of households passing by the edge of the quarry were greeted by the loud bows of the Jiming Village and the craftsmen.

"There are more than 50 hunters in Jiming Village in Xiaguan, and last year's Blizzard Jiming Village was damaged, and now it quarries here in exchange for rations," Xiao Ye, who did not hide it, truthfully informed Wang Chongli on the spot; If Qianhu is dissatisfied and orders to drive away these hunters, he can't help it.

Fortunately, Wang Chongli faced the hunters and craftsmen who knelt down on the horse, with a smile on his face, and did not say anything. Xiao Ye's honesty with him still made Wang Chongli have a good impression.

Daming is now constantly displaced in various places, causing local turmoil, which can appease the fleeing hunters, Xiao Ye's approach has made Wang Chongli feel more good.

Outside the stone fort, Wang Dali, who got the news, gathered all the military households, young and old, and the chief flag officers Yang Tianshou and Uncle Kun, who were also dressed in formal official robes, knelt down to greet the newly appointed Qianhu Lord.

All the etiquette rules and regulations, Wang Chongli can't find the slightest fault, that is, in the face of a large group of old and young, he doesn't feel good in his heart. There are still too few strong men in the hundreds of households stationed at the border gates.

Accompanied by Xiao Ye and the two general banners, Wang Chongli and others entered the Shibao Hundred Households. Today, there are also distinguished guests, and the well-defended stone fort can be made in and out as an exception, as long as it is not close to the mill and the warehouse.

In the small courtyard of 100 households, the guards of the two families stood outside, listening to the movements in the courtyard, and the laughter from time to time inside, the guards were very relieved.

In the hall, there are two wooden chairs and a wooden table in the middle, Wang Chongli sits on the top, Tian Guanglin sits on his right hand, Xiao Ye and Luo Yufei sit on the side, and Xiao Liuzi serves Shiguantun's unique broken leaf tea.

If the three of them knew that this bitter and sweet tea was fried with the buds of poisonous weeds, I don't know if they would jump up.

As usual, Xiao Ye held the roster of Shiguantun and the list of armaments and equipment, and reported to the superior the situation after Shiguantun encountered the Tartars; Of course, even if Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin heard about going out to the grassland, Xiao Ye would not say it easily in person.

The furnishings in the hundred households are simple, and Mei'er, who came out to meet her, is also a coarse dress and skirt, with a copper hairpin on her head, such a bit of a shabby style, Xiao Ye is not much ashamed.

accompanied the two thousand households, talked about the scene, and several people went out of the hundred households, went around the stone castle, and went to the blacksmith shop in Tunli and the clinic in Li Langzhong; In the land temple, two thousand households and Luo Baihu also put incense and candles in their hands.

Tian Fangjun, the shopkeeper of the Tian family, was busy preparing a table of banquets and placing them in the courtyard behind the shop. For the sake of Tian Guanglin's face, Wang Chongli happily agreed.

As a result, after going to the Tian family's shop for dinner, Wang Chongli immediately decided to live in the Tian family's guest room.

Of course, Huang Deshan also joined in the excitement and sent two jars of Fenjiu, which made Xiao Ye roll his eyes in annoyance.

Xiao Ye admitted that the chef of the Tian family was brought by others, and the wine and rice he cooked couldn't be made by his own Mei'er, and some dry ingredients had not even been taken out by Tian Fangjun, which showed that Tian Guanglin was also a careful master.

After eating and drinking, Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin were in the guest room, sipping Longjing fragrant tea, ready to talk about business with Ximen Baihu; Baihu Luo Yufei was sent to the Huang family's guest room, and he was helpless to complain.

Xiao Ye, who turned back to the hundred households, visited again with a very good eye, and in the gift list he took out, there were twenty war horses, and the two thousand households smiled and did not make a sound, they came on a trek this time, not for a few war horses.

"Ximen Baihu, tomorrow morning this official is going to Tunli to see the military households, check the combat readiness and defense of the tunli, I heard that your mill here is quite famous," took a sip of tea, Wang Chongli nodded the gift list on the table, and said with a smile, with a face that cares about the military households.

Although it has come full circle during the day, what needs to be said is still to be said.

Knowing that Xiuxiu, the daughter of the patriarch of the family, and Tian Guanglin, who had something to do with this hundred households, did not want to embarrass Xiao Ye, but he also looked at this young hundred households with great interest. The family sends a message to take care of the hundred households in Ximen, but it's not too much to see the excitement.

"Hehe, Qianhu said and laughed, the yellow plaster is an appointment made by the Huang family, and the shopkeeper of Huang Deshan is staring at it very closely," Xiao Ye shook his head helplessly, "In the past few days, the ingredients have been exhausted, and the yellow plaster has stopped production, so I can only quarry and pile up the stone first, and there is no way for the officials to be in a hurry,"

"Well, the ingredients?" Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin's eyes suddenly widened, the Huang family took out a large amount of yellow plaster, rebuilt the courtyard wall of the Huang family's compound in Taiyuan, offered a reward of thousands of copper coins, and called on wrestlers to break the wall in public, which caused an uproar for a while, and the Wang family and the Tian family couldn't help it.

It's good now, this Ximen Baihu, who has the ingredients, actually casually said the ingredients, isn't it? The two Qianhu sat firmly and leaned forward.

"Yellow plaster needs a lot of coal, copper, wood, lead, tin ......" Looking at the two sanctimonious Qianhu, the eyes were faintly shining, Xiao Ye was secretly angry, and his mouth began to talk nonsense, and he was rambling on a long list of raw materials, as long as he could think of it, he dared to say it in one bite.

Sure enough, before he finished his words, Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin, who were secretly remembered in his heart, were a little messy, and their eyes began to collapse; With such cumbersome ingredients, my own craftsmen are afraid that they will also be confused, let alone their two officers.

When Xiao Ye got a little cowhide, Wang Chongli coughed dryly, and interrupted the honesty of Ximen Baihu with a reluctant smile, "Oh, Ximen Baihu, this, the matter of yellow plaster, don't mention it again," No wonder the Huang family's plaster is sold expensively, even if the ingredients here get the list, his Wang family does not plan to participate.

Merchants are not like farmers who farm the land, they want fast turnover and profits that can be counted, if they are like Xiao Ye said, they consume a lot of manpower and a lot of raw materials, then they will become the workshop of the Ministry of Industry.

"Shiguantun is a military tun, there is no land, the face of the tartar entanglement, the military affairs of thousands of households are heavy, and it is beyond the power of the load," did not get too many benefits, Wang Chongli thought about whether to find some trouble with Xiao Ye, where did he still have the heart to listen to his complaints.

Tian Guanglin, who was sitting on the side, picked up the teacup boringly and drank the tea sullenly, he couldn't see how this young and excessive hundred, the family fancied him so much that he turned a blind eye to Xiuxiu's Pan Heng on the mountain.

Wang Chongli's face was unhappy, Tian Guanglin refused to help, Xiao Ye, who saw it in his eyes, scolded secretly, gritted his teeth and reached into his arms, and took out a small cloth bag; He also wanted to give one of these two pocket watches to his father-in-law, but now he doesn't have to think about it.

"Lord Qianhu, Xiaguan has fought with the Tartars on the grassland, rescued the next batch of Han slaves, and the Persian merchants are in urgent need of manpower to help, and the two things in exchange will be handed over to the Qianhu Office," he took out the two pocket watches painfully, and Xiao Ye respectfully handed them over.

"Those Han slaves are now estimated to have reached the Western Regions thousands of miles away, where the Persians have a city located,"

The silver shell, the crystal clear watch Mengzi, and the long golden bracelet immediately made the two thousand households gasp, and a trace of ecstasy flashed in their eyes, "Western pocket watch".

The two of them are not the uninformed Jiang Jie, the children of the great family, and their vision is not ordinarily sharp.

Years ago, Wang Chongli returned to his hometown in Shanxi in order to go one step further, and saw a long silver chain on the patriarch's chest from a distance.

This appearance is much more delicate than the patriarch's pocket watch.

Western pocket watches, the patriarch said proudly, but it cost a thousand taels of silver, from the maritime merchants in Guangzhou, it was easy to get it, and the people did not have two prices, and there was no room for selection.

Naturally, Tian Guanglin, who was born in a big family, was dumbfounded with a teacup, this stunned hundred households, if they don't make a move, they look at the poor sour, and when they make a move, they are a thousand taels of boldness, no, a thousand taels is still the price in the south, and in Shanxi, I am afraid that it is a goods that cannot be bought by five hundred taels.

The two thousand households didn't care about the subtlety, carefully picked up the pocket watch, and unconsciously tossed it in the palm of their hands, heavy like a big stone in their hearts, and they didn't know what to say.

"Tick, tick," suddenly silenced the room, the sound in the ears was clear, the watch hands beat steadily, and the hearts of the two people who were beating were also jumping.

"This, this, hehe, Xiao Ye," Wang Chongli, whose face was flushed, couldn't let go of the pocket watch, and the title of Xiao Ye in his mouth immediately became too close, "Your gift is too heavy, and the official doesn't dare to accept it."

If there is such a family background, I am afraid that I will go to a rich place early and become a rich man, even if it is in the officialdom, I can get a good job.

Tian Guanglin turned his hand and stuffed the pocket watch into his arms, looked at Xiao Ye with complicated eyes, and said Are you stupid, or have you never seen the world; Perhaps, Xiuxiu just took a fancy to this.

"My lord's words are serious, the lower officials can't use this thing, and it's useless in their hands," a serious Xiao Ye, bowed down, "As long as the adults don't blame the lower officials for recklessly leaving the grassland,"

That's what he's most worried about right now.

"Hey, such a trivial matter, needless to say, you just look at it," Wang Chongli, who was overjoyed, skillfully put away his pocket watch, and said to Xiao Ye with a big grin, "Those Han people go to help the Persians, and it is better to get money for their work than to be slaves to the Tartars,"

There are more laborers working in the inland cities, and Wang Chongli is naturally not surprised, isn't it just to help the barbarians, and I have heard that there are them in Guangzhou.

At this moment, Wang Chongli, like Tian Guanglin, almost moved the idea of selling/selling people, but he didn't know how many people could change a pocket watch.

"Xiaguan and Tartar fought fiercely three times, rescued 600 Han people, and half of the sergeants were killed in battle," Xiao Ye, who had almost doubled his credit, said the number, which immediately made Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin extinguish their thoughts.

The price of trafficking labor to the sea in Guangzhou is only five taels for one man, and three thousand taels for six hundred people, and the business of the Persians is not easy to do; The Tartars who come and go like the wind on the grassland, and even their lives are difficult to protect when they encounter them, let alone go to the Tartars to snatch the population.

Even if they are trafficking people outside the border walls, if the news is leaked and the government investigates it, the family will not protect their official positions.

After thinking about it, Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin admired Xiao Ye's "bravery" to rob the population in the hands of the Tartars, that is, they were envious, they were not poor enough to do that.

When the gift was given, everyone was naturally happy, and the military inspection was very successful.

In the end, Wang Chongli readily agreed, in the future, the Wang family caravan will also transport all kinds of raw materials to Shiguantun, and the price is comparable to that of the Huang family's Tian family.

The goods sent by his Wang family are not afraid that Xiao Ye will not accept them.

And Xiao Ye also patted his chest and promised that the pocket watch that could be exchanged with the Persians in the future would be transferred to the Wang family caravan to exchange for materials at a discount, although Tian Guanglin was undeniable, he never mentioned the matter of leaving the grassland, which was regarded as acquiescing in Xiao Ye's move; Now everyone is really happy.

In Tian Guanglin's stiff smiling face, Wang Chongli let Ren Bu occupy the sales of pocket watches in the future, and he was the largest under his thousands of households.

The arrival of Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin made Xiao Ye vigilant.

Staring at himself more and more, although this time the Wang family sent the business to the door, he can take it, then in the future, these family merchants have been so hard to persecute, in case of a few big people in Shanxi again, then everything will be over.